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花咲 徳亮*; 服部 崇幸*; 薦田 匠*; 源 拡栄*; 鳥越 秀平*; 山下 智史*; 中澤 康浩*; 中野 岳仁*; 吉見 光平*; 八島 光晴*; et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 123(1), p.e2517926123_1 - e2517926123_6, 2026/01
被引用回数:1 パーセンタイル:0.00(Multidisciplinary Sciences)In ice, it is well-known that the orientation of H
O molecules is disordered by geometrical frustration. Ice-analogous materials having a pyrochlore lattice display interesting phenomena such as the spin-ice state and the magnetic monopole. In the spinel titanate MgTi
O
, the Ti ions have a quantum spin in the pyrochlore lattice. The Ti ions are displaced, accompanied by the spin-singlet formation. Since this displacement pattern follows the ice rule, the title compound is a material analogous to ice. When a small quantity of Ti ions are replaced with Mg ions, the ice-type structural fluctuation exists. In this structural ice-type state, the spins are also fluctuating at a nanosecond scale down to 0.3K. We ascribed this phenomenon to the gapless frustrated random-singlet state, in which the spin-singlet pairs are resonating, and the orphan spins are hopping.
大塚 孝治*; 角田 佑介*; 清水 則孝*; 宇都野 穣; 阿部 喬*; 上野 秀樹*
European Physical Journal A, 61(5), p.126_1 - 126_45, 2025/05
被引用回数:12 パーセンタイル:99.03(Physics, Nuclear)準粒子真空殻模型計算とよばれる大規模殻模型計算によって、質量数160領域の原子核の核構造計算を行い、その形状を得た。従来、この領域の原子核は軸対称変形した回転楕円体であるとされてきたが、軸対称姓が破れ、三軸非対称であることがわかった。この描像によって、ガンマバンドからの
値を系統的によく再現することに成功した。また、量子論に基づいて、変形した物体が回転バンドを生じるメカニズムを与えた。
Sb
with a honeycomb network足立 匡*; Ogawa, Taiki*; 小宮山 陽太*; 須村 拓也*; Saito-Tsuboi, Yuki*; Takeuchi, Takaaki*; Mano, Kohei*; Manabe, Kaoru*; 川端 幸樹*; 今津 毅士*; et al.
Physical Review B, 111(10), p.L100508_1 - L100508_6, 2025/03
被引用回数:1 パーセンタイル:0.00(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)Chiral superconductivity exhibits the formation of novel electron pairs that breaks the time-reversal symmetry and has been actively studied in various quantum materials in recent years. However, despite its potential to provide definitive information, effects of disorder in the crystal structure on the chiral superconductivity has not yet been clarified, and therefore the investigation using a solid-solution system is desirable. We report muon-spin-relaxation (
SR) results of layered pnictide BaPtAs
Sb
with a honeycomb network composed of Pt and (As, Sb). We observed an increase of the zero-field
SR rate in the superconducting (SC) state at the Sb end of
, suggesting the occurrence of a spontaneous magnetic field due to the time-reversal symmetry breaking in the SC state. On the other hand, a spontaneous magnetic field was almost and completely suppressed for the As-Sb mixed samples of
and 0.2, respectively, suggesting that the time-reversal symmetry-breaking SC state in
is sensitive to disorder. The magnetic penetration depth estimated from transverse-field
SR measurements at
and 0.2 behaved like weak-coupling
-wave superconductivity. These seemingly incompatible zero-field and transverse-field
SR results of BaPtAs
Sb
with
could be understood in terms of chiral
-wave superconductivity with point nodes on the three-dimensional Fermi surface.
井上 倫太郎*; 小田 隆; 中川 洋; 富永 大輝*; 池上 貴久*; 小沼 剛*; 岩瀬 裕希*; 川北 至信; 佐藤 衛*; 杉山 正明*
Biophysical Journal, 124(3), p.540 - 548, 2025/02
被引用回数:2 パーセンタイル:75.30(Biophysics)Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) show structural changes stimulated by changes in external conditions. This study aims to reveal the temperature dependence of the structure and the dynamics of the intrinsically disordered region of the helicase-associated endonuclease for fork-structured DNA, one of the typical IDPs, using an integrative approach. Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and circular dichroism (CD) studies revealed that the radius of gyration and ellipticity at 222 nm remained constant up to 313-323 K, followed by a decline above this temperature range. NMR studies revealed the absence of a promotion of the
-helix. As a result, SAXS, CD, and NMR data strongly suggest that these temperature-dependent structural changes were primarily due to a reduction in the content of the polyproline II (PPII) helix. Moreover, quasielastic neutron scattering studies revealed a slight change in the activation energy in a similar temperature range. Considering the concept of glass transition, it is posited that dynamical cooperativity between the PPII helix and water may play a significant role in these structural changes. The findings suggest that internal dynamics are crucial for regulating the structure of IDPs, highlighting the importance of considering dynamical cooperativity in future studies of protein behavior under varying temperature conditions.
Sm synchrotron-radiation-based M
ssbauer and
SR studies of Sm
Ru
Ge
筒井 智嗣; 伊藤 孝; 中村 仁*; 吉田 実生*; 小林 義男*; 依田 芳卓*; 中村 惇平*; 幸田 章宏*; 東中 隆二*; 青木 大*; et al.
Interactions (Internet), 245(1), p.55_1 - 55_9, 2024/12
Sm SR-based M
ssbauer and muon spin relaxation (
SR) spectroscopies have been applied to Sm
Ru
Ge
. The temperature dependence of the
Sm SR-based M
ssbauer spectra in the paramagnetic state implies the presence of dynamical nuclear Zeeman and/or quadrupole interactions. The time differential
SR spectra also exhibit a marked temperature dependence in the paramagnetic state, indicating the presence of magnetic fluctuation in Sm
Ru
Ge
at least. These results in the present work infer that the dynamical hyperfine interactions observed using the mutually complementary spectroscopic methods are connected with the mechanism of the heavy fermion behavior in Sm
Ru
Ge
.
Sm synchrotron-radiation-based M
ssbauer spectroscopy of Sm-based heavy fermion compounds筒井 智嗣; 東中 隆二*; 水牧 仁一朗*; 小林 義男*; 中村 仁*; 伊藤 孝; 依田 芳卓*; 松田 達磨*; 青木 勇二*; 佐藤 英行*
Interactions (Internet), 245(1), p.9_1 - 9_10, 2024/12
Sm synchrotron-radiation-based M
ssbauer spectroscopy has been applied to Sm-based heavy fermion intermetallics, Sm
Al
(
= Ti, V and Cr) and SmOs
Sb
. The isomer shifts obtained demonstrate that the Sm valence states in these compounds are intermediate. Since the difference of the isomer shifts in 22.502 keV
Sm M
ssbauer effect between Sm
and Sm
state is comparable to the 2nd order Doppler shift, consideration of the 2nd order Doppler shift is required to precisely discuss Sm valence state through the shifts of the M
ssbauer spectra. In addition, the plots of the isomer shifts obtained by the M
ssbauer spectroscopy against the Sm valence states estimated from Sm L-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy exhibit a linear correlation except for that in SmOs
Sb
. This implies that the origin of the intermediate valence state in SmOs
Sb
differs from that in Sm
Al
(
= Ti, V and Cr).
下村 浩一郎*; 幸田 章宏*; Pant, A. D.*; 砂川 光*; 藤森 寛*; 梅垣 いづみ*; 中村 惇平*; 藤原 理賀; 反保 元伸*; 河村 成肇*; et al.
Interactions (Internet), 245(1), p.31_1 - 31_6, 2024/12
被引用回数:3J-PARC Muon Facility: MUSE (Muon Science Establishment) is responsible for the inter-university user program and the operation, maintenance, and construction of the muon beamlines, namely D-line, S-line, U-line, and H-line, along with the muon source at J-PARC Materials and Life Science Facility (MLF). In this paper, recent developments are briefly presented.
)
(SrAl
Ta
O
)
with 
伊藤 孝; 髭本 亘; 幸田 章宏*; 中村 惇平*; 下村 浩一郎*
Interactions (Internet), 245(1), p.25_1 - 25_7, 2024/12
被引用回数:0We report on muon spin relaxation (
SR) measurements in a mixed perovskite compound, (LaAlO
)
(SrAl
Ta
O
)
with
(LSAT), which is widely used as a single-crystalline substrate for thin film deposition. In zero applied field (ZF), muon depolarization due to the distribution of nuclear dipole fields was observed in the temperature range from 4 K to 270 K. Interestingly,
SR time spectra in ZF maintained a Gaussian-like feature over the entire range, while the depolarization rate exhibited a monotonic decrease with increasing temperature. This behavior may be attributed to the thermally activated diffusion of muons between a few adjacent sites within a confined space of the angstrom scale, where the motionally averaged local field that each muon experiences can remain non-zero and result in maintaining the Gaussian-like line shape. The spatial distribution of electrostatic potential at lattice interstices evaluated via density functional theory calculations suggests that such a restriction of muon diffusion paths can be caused by the random distribution of cations with different nominal valences in the mixed perovskite lattice.
曽我部 丞司; 石田 真也; 田上 浩孝; 岡野 靖; 神山 健司; 小野田 雄一; 松場 賢一; 山野 秀将; 久保 重信; 久保田 龍三朗*; et al.
Proceedings of International Conference on Nuclear Fuel Cycle (GLOBAL2024) (Internet), 4 Pages, 2024/10
日仏協力の枠組みにおいて、タンク型ナトリウム冷却高速を対象とした過酷事故の評価手法を定義し、解析評価を実施した。
Rh
Sn
下田 愛海*; 岩佐 和晃*; 桑原 慶太郎*; 佐賀山 基*; 中尾 裕則*; 石角 元志*; 中尾 朗子*; 河村 聖子; 村井 直樹; 大原 高志; et al.
Physical Review B, 109(13), p.134425_1 - 134425_10, 2024/04
被引用回数:4 パーセンタイル:50.66(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)The detailed electronic superlattice structure of the Remeika phase compound Nd
Rh
Sn
was investigated. The material undergoes a structural phase transition at
~K between the high temperature phase (
) and the low temperature chiral structure phase (
3), which is the same symmetry change as that of the La- and Ce-based Remeika phase compounds. The inequivalent Nd-ion sites in the chiral phase are occupied by different crystalline electronic field splitting schemes of the 4
electronic configuration with the total angular moment
, which results in two-sublattice antiferromagnetic ordering below
= 1.65 K. The one-dimensional Nd-ion chains in which the magnetic moments are alternately arranged are connected via the second-neighbor triangular lattice in the chiral phase, which suggests a magnetic frustration effect.
内堀 昭寛; 堂田 哲広; 青柳 光裕; 曽根原 正晃; 曽我部 丞司; 岡野 靖; 高田 孝*; 田中 正暁; 江沼 康弘; 若井 隆純; et al.
Nuclear Engineering and Design, 413, p.112492_1 - 112492_10, 2023/11
被引用回数:3 パーセンタイル:44.12(Nuclear Science & Technology)ナトリウム冷却高速炉に代表される革新炉に対し、安全性評価やそれに基づく設計最適化を自動で行うARKADIAを開発している。通常運転もしくは設計基準事象の範囲で設計最適化を行うARKADIA-Designについては、核特性-熱流動-炉心変形のマルチレベル連成解析手法等を中心技術として開発し、その基本的機能を確認した。シビアアクシデントまで含む範囲で安全性評価を行うARKADIA-Safetyの基盤技術として、炉内/炉外事象一貫解析手法の整備を進め、仮想的なシビアアクシデント事象を解析することで基本的機能を確認した。また、炉外事象に対する解析モデルの高度化、設計最適解の探索工程を合理化するAI技術の開発に着手した。
O近藤 洋介*; Achouri, N. L.*; Al Falou, H.*; Atar, L.*; Aumann, T.*; 馬場 秀忠*; Boretzky, K.*; Caesar, C.*; Calvet, D.*; Chae, H.*; et al.
Nature, 620(7976), p.965 - 970, 2023/08
被引用回数:41 パーセンタイル:95.09(Multidisciplinary Sciences)非常に中性子が過剰な原子核
Oは、陽子、中性子ともに魔法数であることから古くからその性質に興味が持たれていたが、酸素の最後の束縛核
Oよりも中性子が4個も多いため、これまで観測されてこなかった。この論文では、理化学研究所RIBFにて
Fからの1陽子ノックアウト反応によって
Oを生成し、そこから放出される中性子を測定することによって初めてその観測に成功した。核構造の観点からは、
Oでは二重閉殻が保たれているか興味が持たれていたが、実験で得られた分光学的因子が殻模型計算で予言されて程度の大きいことから、閉殻構造をもたない可能性が高いことがわかった。
堂田 哲広; 井川 健一*; 岩崎 隆*; 村上 諭*; 田中 正暁
Nuclear Engineering and Design, 410, p.112377_1 - 112377_15, 2023/08
被引用回数:2 パーセンタイル:30.64(Nuclear Science & Technology)ナトリウム冷却高速炉の安全性を高めるためには、強制循環設備への交流電源供給が喪失した場合でも、自然循環によって炉心の崩壊熱を除去する必要がある。自然循環条件下では、ナトリウムの流れが浮力によって駆動され、流速と温度分布が互いに影響を与えるため、流れと熱に影響を与える不確かさを決定論的に考慮することで炉心高温点温度を評価することは困難である。そこで、モンテカルロサンプリング法を使用した炉心高温点温度の統計的評価手法を開発し、ループ型ナトリウム冷却高速炉の代表的な3つの自然循環崩壊熱除去事象に適用して、その有効性を実証した。
Ca cast doubt on a doubly magic
CaChen, S.*; Browne, F.*; Doornenbal, P.*; Lee, J.*; Obertelli, A.*; 角田 佑介*; 大塚 孝治*; 茶園 亮樹*; Hagen, G.*; Holt, J. D.*; et al.
Physics Letters B, 843, p.138025_1 - 138025_7, 2023/08
被引用回数:11 パーセンタイル:83.44(Astronomy & Astrophysics)
Scからの1陽子ノックアウト反応を用いて、
Caと
Caのガンマ崩壊を観測した。
Caでは1456(12)keVの
線遷移が、
Caでは1115(34)keVの遷移が観測された。どちらの遷移も暫定的に
と割り当てられた。有効核子間相互作用をわずかに修正した広い模型空間での殻模型計算では、
準位エネルギー、2中性子分離エネルギー、反応断面積が実験とよく一致し、N=34閉殻の上に新しい殻が形成されていることを裏付けた。その構成要素である
と
軌道はほぼ縮退しており、これは
Caが二重魔法核である可能性を排除し、Ca同位体のドリップラインを
Caあるいはそれ以上にまで広げる可能性がある。
inferred from muon study門野 良典*; 平石 雅俊*; 岡部 博孝*; 幸田 章宏*; 伊藤 孝
Journal of Physics; Condensed Matter, 35(28), p.285503_1 - 285503_13, 2023/07
被引用回数:1 パーセンタイル:6.17(Physics, Condensed Matter)Magnesium hydride has great potential as a solid hydrogen (H) storage material because of its high H storage capacity of 7.6 wt%. However, its slow hydrogenation and dehydrogenation kinetics and the high temperature of 300
C required for decomposition are major obstacles to small-scale applications such as automobiles. The local electronic structure of interstitial H in MgH
is an important fundamental knowledge in solving this problem, which has been studied mainly based on density functional theory (DFT). However, few experimental studies have been performed to assess the results of DFT calculations. We have therefore introduced muon (Mu) as pseudo-H into MgH
and investigated the corresponding interstitial H states by analyzing their electronic and dynamical properties in detail. As a result, we observed multiple Mu states similar to those observed in wide-gap oxides, and found that their electronic states can be attributed to relaxed-excited states associated with donor/acceptor levels predicted by the recently proposed ambipolarity model. This provides an indirect support for the DFT calculations on which the model is based via the donor/acceptor levels. An important implication of the muon results for improved hydrogen kinetics is that dehydrogenation, serving as a reduction for hydrides, stabilises the interstitial H
state.


Sn
(
= Rh and Ir)下田 愛海*; 岩佐 和晃*; 桑原 慶太郎*; 佐賀山 基*; 中尾 裕則*; 石角 元志*; 大原 高志; 中尾 朗子*; 星川 晃範*; 石垣 徹*
JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), 38, p.011091_1 - 011091_6, 2023/05
Synchrotron X-ray diffraction study revealed that Nd

Sn
(
= Rh and Ir) undergo structural phase transitions characterized by the wave vector 
=(1/2,1/2,0). Neutron diffraction study revealed antiferromagnetic ordering below 
= 1.65 and 1.42 K for Nd
Rh
Sn
and Nd
Ir
Sn
, respectively, which is similar to that previously reported for Nd
Co
Sn
. These compounds show a magnetic susceptibility saturation behavior below approximately 3 K. The results indicate emergence of anomalous electronic correlation in Nd

Sn
(
= Co, Rh, and Ir) above 
.
下村 浩一郎*; 幸田 章宏*; Pant, A. D.*; 名取 寛顕*; 藤森 寛*; 梅垣 いづみ*; 中村 惇平*; 反保 元伸*; 河村 成肇*; 手島 菜月*; et al.
Journal of Physics; Conference Series, 2462, p.012033_1 - 012033_5, 2023/03
被引用回数:2 パーセンタイル:86.77(Physics, Applied)At J-PARC MUSE, since the
SR2017 conference and up to FY2022, there have been several new developments at the facility, including the completion of a new experimental area S2 at the surface muon beamline S-line and the first muon beam extraction to the H1 area in the H-line, mainly to carry out high-statistics fundamental physics experiments. Several new studies are also underway, such as applying negative muon non-destructive elemental analysis to the analysis of samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu in the D2 area of the D-line. This paper reports on the latest status of MUSE.
熊谷 正芳*; 黒田 雅利*; 松野 崇*; Harjo, S.; 秋田 貢一*
Materials & Design, 221, p.110965_1 - 110965_8, 2022/09
被引用回数:11 パーセンタイル:48.32(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)Microstructural evolution in austenitic stainless steels during cyclic plastic deformation has been studied via diffraction line profile analysis; however, their microstructure-dependent mechanical response upon stress partitioning in the matrix (austenite) and deformation-induced martensite has remained largely unexplored. In this study, the stress response analysis of austenitic stainless steel was performed using neutron diffraction, to evaluate the phase stresses in the austenite and martensite, and the relation with dislocation data was discussed.
内堀 昭寛; 曽我部 丞司; 岡野 靖; 高田 孝*; 堂田 哲広; 田中 正暁; 江沼 康弘; 若井 隆純; 浅山 泰; 大島 宏之
Proceedings of Technical Meeting on State-of-the-art Thermal Hydraulics of Fast Reactors (Internet), 10 Pages, 2022/09
ナトリウム冷却高速炉に代表される革新炉に対し、安全性評価やそれに基づく設計最適化を自動に行うARKADIAを開発している。通常運転もしくは設計基準事象の範囲で設計最適化を行うARKADIA-Designについては、核特性-熱流動-炉心変形の連成解析手法等を中心技術として開発し、その基本的機能を確認した。シビアアクシデントまでの範囲で安全性評価を行うARKADIA-Safetyの基盤技術として、炉内/炉外事象一貫解析手法の整備を進め、仮想的なシビアアクシデント事象を解析することで基本的機能を確認した。
大島 宏之; 森下 正樹*; 相澤 康介; 安藤 勝訓; 芦田 貴志; 近澤 佳隆; 堂田 哲広; 江沼 康弘; 江連 俊樹; 深野 義隆; et al.
Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors; JSME Series in Thermal and Nuclear Power Generation, Vol.3, 631 Pages, 2022/07
ナトリウム冷却高速炉(SFR: Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor)の歴史や、利点、課題を踏まえた安全性、設計、運用、メンテナンスなどについて解説する。AIを利用した設計手法など、SFRの実用化に向けた設計や研究開発についても述べる。